Posted by Paul Smith on November 27, 2004, at 23:45:14
In reply to Re: VALIUM, posted by JACJ on November 27, 2004, at 23:20:29
<<Tell me what you feel is wrong with that site? Have you gotten put down? I know things on there are scary but please don't believe that will happen to you. Everybody is different and if you taper slow you have a better chance of a less difficult w/d. I came off a benzo in under 4 weeks and had a really difficult time but am 90 percent recovered after almost 9 months off.>>
They mean well at the site but if you read enough you can be scared to drink water. Can make someone want to live in a bubble to avoid any chemical that will supposedly throw gas on the fire of withdrawal. That may sound offensive but that is about the tone of it. It hard to be truthful and put it mildly. And I think their anti-med stance is extreme. Ashton advocates the use of auxillary meds in some circumstances. These remarks would never be tolerated in there. I think at times they get so intent on attacking benzos that things get over stated, theory is presented as fact, and people are scared needlessly.
I tapered, but not like most in there do. I could not do the .25 mgs of Valium every two weeks, "listen to my body" and take two years to get off. I was in too much agony tapering, and there is no spouse to pay my bills. I tapered about 1 mg a week. Slower than the schedules of U.S. docs, fast for that forum. But I wonder how many of them ever actually do get off. 9 months and you are 90% healed? I can live with that, especially if I can work in a couple more months. Keep telling me the good stuff.:-)
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